FTER having been pushed into the background for many years girls' athletics have forged ahead in the last two years until now it forms a prominent part of school activities. Under the able tutelage of the Misses Park, Beghtol and Gittings, the girls have developed into able athletes and are making the stronger sex strive hard to keep their records from being out-done by the feminine hopefuls.

     The girls' athletic season opens with hockey practice, and after much hitting of shins and disastrous collisions a game is evolved which, though the least developed of all the sports, provides an interesting contest and much healthful exercise for the girls. Last fall the Freshmen succeeded in carrying off the prize.

      Next comes basketball, and here the chief interest of the girls is centered. Months of daily practice and then the all-exciting night of the inter-class contest. The Armory is always packed for this exhibition, and every class has its loyal band of supporters. For two years the present Junior class had won the championship, but this year the fates decreed a change, and the Sophomores walked off with the championship. The first game-between the Seniors and the Juniors-was a closely fought contest ending in a score of 10 to 8 in favor of the Seniors. The game between the two lower classes resulted in a victory for the Sophomores by a score of 12 to 7. The final game was a walkaway for the Sophomores who won by a score of 38 to 16.

      As soon as basketball ceases there comes a spring fever period after which the girls get down to work once more. When Coach Reed is rounding his track men into shape, the girls catch the fever and sprint along with the speed of a Reese, or top the bar with the grace of a Ross. A host of broken globes herald the beginning of baseball practice. Every day enthusiastic fans flock to the side lines and Mathewson or King Cole never drew forth such energetic yells of delight from the feminine element as do some of Nebraska's "twirlers". Whenever the athletic field can be wrested from the masculine aspirants, the girls spend their energy in out-door training until the eventful day of the field meet.